GGOATRANK
AthletesTeams

Atkins vs Brooks

Shareable comparison — send this exact matchup to anyone.

GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AtkinsWinner
89.0

Atkins wins: Longevity

Brooks
89.0

Brooks wins: Peak, Honours

Candidates
Locked to American Football

Shareable URL · /compare/doug-atkins-vs-derrick-brooks

Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

Category radar

Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Doug Atkins
89.0

Atkins leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Eight Pro Bowls in seventeen seasons and an NFL champion in 1963.

1. Doug Atkins
89.0
2. Derrick Brooks
89.0

Category breakdown

Season form · Touchdowns per season

Career timeline · Touchdowns per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Touchdowns per season
1. 🇺🇸 Derrick Brooks5 seasons played · career day 1,825317 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Doug Atkins5 seasons played · career day 1,825300 touchdowns
-5.4% vs Brooks at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Atkins0050105300634
🇺🇸 Brooks0050107317679

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricAtkinsRetiredBrooksRetired
Pro Bowls811
NFL titles1
Seasons played17
Games played205
All-Pro selections3
Defensive Player of the Year awards1
Super Bowl titles1
Interceptions25
Consecutive starts208
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%9288
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9090

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Atkins89.0
Brooks89.0
The people
Atkins
Brooks

Loading votes

Create a free account to vote and comment.

Sign in to vote

What do you think?

0 comments

Make your case for Atkins vs Brooks. The scoring is published in full — if you can point at the pillar or the weight you disagree with, we read it. Read the methodology paper.

More debates

Browse the rivalry hub →